who have died in war. it marks the 11th hour, of the 11 day, of the 11th month, the time in 1918 when the guns finally fell silent along the western front and an armistice was declared. the allies and germany had signed a peace agreement in a railway carriage in france at 5am in the morning. six hours later, at "am, the fighting ceased. the pandemic meant commmemorations had to be scaled back last year. but this year, the nation will be able to observe the two minute silence in the traditional way. in a moment we willjoin the silence around britain. we are with the duchess of cornwall at the 93rd field of remembrance at westminster abbey. a service at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. the edinburgh gardens of remembrance, belfast city hall and at the welsh national war memorial in cardiff.

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and the guests of honour include dan jarvis and vice admiral sir tim lawrence. on sunday, the nation will fall silent again, for remembrance sunday. we have beenjoining us on bbc one.

we will stay with this pictures at the cenotaph in london, hundreds of wreaths have travelled to major stations from around the uk, and overseas from locations including the falkland islands as part of the poppies to paddington and routes of remembrance campaigns by the veterans charity. we are round the country for this moment of commemoration here at the national memorial arboretum. and to cardiff, the welsh national war memorial there.

so the two minutes silence as we remember our war dead. a survey of nhs leaders in england has found that staff shortages are putting patient care at risk, and pressure on the service is now at unsustainable levels. the survey was carried out by the nhs confederation, which represents the healthcare system. the warning comes as paramedics across the uk say lives are under threat because patients are facing unacceptably long waits for ambulances. whistleblowers have told bbc news that some ambulance services are at breaking point. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. across the length and the breadth of the uk, ambulances are queuing. unable to hand over the sick and injured patients they have on board because hospitals have no room. and ambulances stuck in queues aren't available to attend other emergencies, leaving patients in need, waiting at home. i called an ambulance at 11:50am. and they said that they were going to send help asap.

just over two weeks ago, christina found her grandmother,